Requiem: Avenging Angel

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Requiem: Avenging Angel

Developers
	Cyclone Studios
Publishers
	3DO
	Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows	March 31, 1999

Key points

The game requires DirectX 6.1 to run and it won't run on newer versions. Patch 1.3 updates the game to run on DirectX 8, but the game still won't run in Windows 7. The GOG.com and Steam versions have been modified to work on modern OS including Windows 7.

Some players have reported game breaking bugs that may occur during playthrough. These bugs usually affect doors which don't open when they're supposed to and the player gets stuck. If such problem occurs it can be worked around by using the "no clip" cheat. These bugs have mostly been reported when using the Direct3D rendering method.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
Steam

Essential improvements

Patches

• Patches are available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Gamers

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphics option	Option	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Can be changed with the Config.exe inside the installation folder. If using 3dfx glide, cannot be set in-game above 1024x768; higher resolutions must be set using nglide_config.exe in the installation folder.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		4k only available using 3dfx glide. Direct3D maxes out at 1600x900.
Field of view (FOV)		Open the console and enter -FOV120 (replace 120 with desired value).
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Force through graphics driver.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Force through graphics driver.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Force through graphics driver.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		In 3dfx glide mode, framerate is locked to 60 fps.

Windowed

Use wndmode Download wndmode and unpack into <path-to-game>. Open wndmode.ini. Set UseCursorClip to 1 to lock cursor inside game window. Set Border to 0 to disable window border.

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Other
Touchscreen optimised

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound, Dialog, Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		with Creative Alchemy

Issues fixed

Running the game on modern systems

Use D3DWindower[citation needed] Install the game. Install Patch 1.2. Install Patch 1.3 (D3D). If it won't install due to unspecified Windows error, then overwrite D3D.exe within the installation folder with this D3D.exe file. This file was extracted from the patch setup. Install and run D3DWindower. Add the D3D.exe file to the list. Select the newly added file in D3DWindower and open the configuration box. Browse for the hook DLL; use D3dHook.dll which comes with the program. Set the resolution and check the "Use windowed mode" box. Run the game from within the D3DWindower. The credits videos and intro should play and the game menu should appear. The game menu will be stuck in 640x480 resolution and will not stretch within the D3DWindower box but it should be operable. Fortunately, the game itself will stretch to fill out the entire window. Set the resolution in the game menu to the one specified in D3DWindower. This part may be tricky as the game will be off at registering the mouse clicks. Try moving the mouse pointer around or even click outside the window to change focus.

Use wndmode[citation needed] Install the game. Install Patch 1.2. Unpack Patch 1.3 into the installation folder (this will update software, d3d and 3dfx renders to 1.3). These exes are from official patch which won't install under modern OS, so, literally, its just an unpacked patch. Unpack wndmode into the installation folder. It's a heavily modified version of D3DWindower. In wndmode.ini set UseCursorClip to 1 and Border to 0. This will lock cursor inside game window and disable window border. Install nglide. nglide is optional, but 3dfx render has less graphics bugs (comparison: 3dfx vs d3d). Play the game via 3DFX.exe or D3D.exe.

Impossible to select leftmost angelic powers with the mouse pointer

Occurs when running the game with D3DWindower.

The game allows to bring up a menu where angelic powers can be selected with the mouse pointer. D3DWindower will break immediately when mouse pointer is brought up by the game and the window will most likely lose the focus when a click is performed. This occurs when mouse pointer is positioned at the left part of the screen. This makes certain angelic powers unselectable through mouse pointer.

Workarounds[citation needed] Reduce Windows screen resolution to fit the resolution of D3DWindower box. Simply use in-game key bindings to scroll through powers instead. Unfortunately this isn't as efficient as selecting them by mouse

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
64-bit executable

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7, 8, 10	Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)		1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)